diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc
index 5ac82b1b57..7f5cc109e6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc
@@ -116,3 +116,25 @@ target_prefix ?= "${prefix}"
 # The real WORKDIR location isn't a dependency for the shared workdir.
 src_patches[vardepsexclude] = "WORKDIR"
 should_apply[vardepsexclude] += "PN"
+
+remove_sysroot_paths_from_configargs () {
+	replacement=${1}
+	# Prevent sysroot path from being used in configargs.h header, as it will
+	# be rewritten when used by other sysroots preventing support for gcc
+	# plugins. Additionally the path is embeddeded into the output binary, this
+	# prevents building a reproducible binary.
+	oe_runmake configure-gcc
+	sed -i "s@${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}@$replacement@g" ${B}/gcc/configargs.h
+	sed -i "s@${STAGING_DIR_HOST}@/$replacement@g" ${B}/gcc/configargs.h
+}
+
+remove_sysroot_paths_from_checksum_options () {
+	stagingdir=${1}
+	replacement=${2}
+	# Prevent sysroot/workdir paths from being used in checksum-options.
+	# checksum-options is used to generate a checksum which is embedded into
+	# the output binary.
+	oe_runmake TARGET-gcc=checksum-options all-gcc
+	sed -i "s@${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}@@g" ${B}/gcc/checksum-options
+	sed -i "s@$stagingdir@$replacement@g" ${B}/gcc/checksum-options
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
index dba25eb754..bc17f10468 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
@@ -119,4 +119,3 @@ do_configure () {
 
 	oe_runconf
 }
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-canadian.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-canadian.inc
index ec87b46219..adcaef2b0f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-canadian.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-canadian.inc
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ do_configure () {
 }
 
 do_compile () {
+	remove_sysroot_paths_from_configargs '/host'
+	remove_sysroot_paths_from_checksum_options '${STAGING_DIR_HOST}' '/host'
+
 	oe_runmake all-host configure-target-libgcc
 	(cd ${B}/${TARGET_SYS}/libgcc; oe_runmake enable-execute-stack.c unwind.h md-unwind-support.h sfp-machine.h gthr-default.h)
 }
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross.inc
index a540fb2434..1dbb6dc42b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross.inc
@@ -61,19 +61,8 @@ do_compile () {
 	export CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CXXFLAGS}"
 	export LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_LDFLAGS}"
 
-	# Prevent native/host sysroot path from being used in configargs.h header,
-	# as it will be rewritten when used by other sysroots preventing support
-	# for gcc plugins
-	oe_runmake configure-gcc
-	sed -i 's@${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}@/host@g' ${B}/gcc/configargs.h
-	sed -i 's@${STAGING_DIR_HOST}@/host@g' ${B}/gcc/configargs.h
-
-	# Prevent sysroot/workdir paths from being used in checksum-options.
-	# checksum-options is used to generate a checksum which is embedded into
-	# the output binary.
-	oe_runmake TARGET-gcc=checksum-options all-gcc
-	sed -i 's@${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}@@g' ${B}/gcc/checksum-options
-	sed -i 's@${STAGING_DIR_HOST}@/host@g' ${B}/gcc/checksum-options
+	remove_sysroot_paths_from_configargs '/host'
+	remove_sysroot_paths_from_checksum_options '${STAGING_DIR_HOST}' '/host'
 
 	oe_runmake all-host configure-target-libgcc
 	(cd ${B}/${TARGET_SYS}/libgcc; oe_runmake enable-execute-stack.c unwind.h md-unwind-support.h sfp-machine.h gthr-default.h)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-target.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-target.inc
index 7dac3ef422..f51d94cd65 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-target.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-target.inc
@@ -140,20 +140,8 @@ FILES:${PN}-doc = "\
 "
 
 do_compile () {
-	# Prevent full target sysroot path from being used in configargs.h header,
-	# as it will be rewritten when used by other sysroots preventing support
-	# for gcc plugins. Additionally the path is embeddeded into the output
-	# binary, this prevents building a reproducible binary.
-	oe_runmake configure-gcc
-	sed -i 's@${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}@/@g' ${B}/gcc/configargs.h
-	sed -i 's@${STAGING_DIR_HOST}@/@g' ${B}/gcc/configargs.h
-
-	# Prevent sysroot/workdir paths from being used in checksum-options.
-	# checksum-options is used to generate a checksum which is embedded into
-	# the output binary.
-	oe_runmake TARGET-gcc=checksum-options all-gcc
-	sed -i 's@${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}@@g' ${B}/gcc/checksum-options
-	sed -i 's@${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}@/@g' ${B}/gcc/checksum-options
+	remove_sysroot_paths_from_configargs '/'
+	remove_sysroot_paths_from_checksum_options '${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}' '/'
 
 	oe_runmake all-host
 }